General Knowledge Question Answer: History GK Questions and Answers

General Knowledge History Questions, History Quiz for Competitive Exams, Important History MCQs for GK

Q. Who among the following founded the Marathi newspaper Kesari?
1) Lokmanya Tilak
2) Vallabhbhai Patel
3) Lala Lajpat Rai
4) Mahatma Gandhi

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Q. Which one of the following scholars of Akbar's court translated Bhaskaracharya's Lilavati into Persian?
1) Abul Fazl
2) Faizi
3) Fathullah Shirazi
4) Ataullah Rashidi

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Q. Which one of the following painters was not associated with Humayun?
1) Mir Sayyid Ali
2) Maulana Dost Musawir
3) Maulana Yusuf
4) Bihzad

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Q. Who among the following was popularly known as Lokahitwadi?
1) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
2) Mahadev Govind Ranade
3) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
4) Jyotiba Phule

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Q. Who founded the Central Hindu School at Benaras which was later developed into Benaras Hindu University?
1) Madan Mohan Malaviya
2) Annie Besant
3) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
4) Madame H.P. Blavatsky

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Q. In 1943, young leaders in which one of the following districts of Maharashtra set up a parallel Government (prati sarkar) with volunteer corps (seva dais) and village units (tufan dais)?
1) Pune
2) Nasik
3) Nagpur
4) Satara

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Q. Which of the following statements about the Sanyasi and Faqir disturbances / rebellions are correct?
1. Governor-General Warren Hastings faced the persistent Sanyasi aand Faqir distur-bances in Bengal and Bihar.
2. There were a number of Shaivite Naga Sanyasis who formed into armed bands.
3. Manju Shah, who led bands into Bengal from 1771, was their prominent leader.
Select the correct answer using the code given below -

1) 1 and 2 only
2) 1, 2 and 3
3) 2 and 3 only
4) 1 and 3 only

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Q. Which of the following states, as were part of the Union in 1949, were named after cities? Now none of them exists currently -
I. Bombay
II. Hyderabad
III. Mysore
IV. Ajmer
V. Bhopal, Bilaspur, Cooch- Behar, and Coorg
Correct code is -

1) Only V
2) Only I, II and III
3) Only I, II, III and IV
4) I, II, III, IV and V

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Q. When was the monopoly of China trade lost by East India Company?
1) 1813
2) 1833
3) 1838
4) 1860

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Q. Which one of the following statements about the British Indian Medical Service (IMS) is not correct?
1) IMS began in 1764
2) It recruited health professionals by means of a competitive examination
3) Indians were never admitted to IMS
4) The IMS was at first meant to look after the troops

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